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Acute Care Hospital

Johnston Health

Also listed as: UNC Health Johnston

Smithfield, North Carolina · Johnston County · Emergency services listed

Johnston Health is an acute care hospital at 509 Bright Leaf Blvd, Smithfield, NC 27577. Phone: (919) 934-8171. It has an emergency department. Medicare overall rating: 4 of 5 stars (CMS, October 2026).

Data as of October 26, 2026. Source: CMS Hospital General Information and the hospital’s website (checked November 2, 2026).

Summary

Johnston Health is an acute care hospital in Smithfield, North Carolina. Medicare data lists emergency services. CMS overall star rating: 4 of 5 stars. Its official website lists 67 services, specialties and programs. Medicare lists 616 affiliated clinicians. Source: CMS Hospital General Information, data updated 2026-10-26.

What is an acute care hospital?

A general hospital for short-term care: emergencies, surgery, illness and injury. Most patients stay a few days. More about hospital types

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Built from official Medicare (CMS) data and the hospital’s own website (checked 2026-11-02). Every service links to the page that lists it. Services change: call the hospital to confirm before you go.

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At a glance

YesEmergency services
4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars · Medicare rating
YesBirthing-friendly (CMS)
205Beds (hospital website)
616Doctors and clinicians
67Services listed

Quick answers

Does Johnston Health have an emergency room?
Yes. Medicare (CMS) data lists emergency services at Johnston Health. In a medical emergency, call 911.
Where is Johnston Health?
509 Bright Leaf Blvd, Smithfield, NC 27577, in Johnston County, North Carolina.
What is the phone number of Johnston Health?
(919) 934-8171, as listed by Medicare (CMS).
What is the Medicare star rating of Johnston Health?
4 out of 5 stars in the CMS overall hospital quality rating (CMS data updated 2026-10-26).
Does Medicare reduce its payments to Johnston Health for hospital-acquired conditions?
No. For fiscal year 2026, CMS lists no Medicare payment reduction for Johnston Health under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (Total HAC Score: 0.3447; a lower score is better). It is an adjustment to what Medicare pays the hospital, not a charge to patients (CMS data released January 26, 2026).

Specialties and care areas[4][5][6][7]

Conditions treated[6][8]

Treatments[4][5][6][7][8]

Procedures[5][6][7][9]

Programs and centers[4][5][6][9][10]

  • Fitness & Wellness Center
  • Birthing center
  • Diabetes center
  • Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
  • Fitness and wellness center (HealthQuest)
  • Therapeutic wound center
  • Cancer program
  • Inpatient behavioral health unit
  • Cardiovascular services

Emergency care (hospital website)[4]

Emergency roomYes
Open 24/7Yes

Visiting and practical information

ParkingFree parking near the main entrance and the emergency department; use 628 N. Eighth Street for GPS[4]
Interpreters and languagesInterpreter services are listed among patient amenities[11]
Patient portalMy UNC Chart

Recognition[5][9]

  • Joint Commission accredited
  • Joint Commission Gold Seal: Total Hip and Knee Replacement Certification
  • Joint Commission Primary Stroke Certification (awarded 2021)
  • AHA Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus (2026)
  • ACS Surgical Quality Partner
  • Leapfrog Full Transparency Badge (2026)
  • Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award (2026)
  • Newsweek World's Best Hospitals 2026

Doctors and clinicians (616)

616 doctors and other clinicians list Johnston Health as a hospital where they work, in Medicare's official clinician data (updated 2026-10-02). It is not a complete staff list.

Main specialties

Doctors with a page on this site (616)

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Nursing homes, hospice, home health and dialysis nearby

Medicare-certified providers within 25 miles, by straight-line distance. Hospice and home health care is given at home: their address is the office.

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Outpatient surgery centers nearby

Medicare-certified ambulatory surgery centers within 25 miles, by straight-line distance.

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Community care nearby

Health centers, clinics, urgent care and pharmacies closest to this hospital, by straight-line distance, from official HRSA, Medicare and NPI Registry data. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Community health centers

Clinics and urgent care

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Assisted living nearby

Licensed homes from the official state license list, by straight-line distance.

About the Medicare star rating

CMS (the federal Medicare agency) gives many hospitals an overall rating from 1 to 5 stars, based on measures of mortality, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. It is one piece of information: ask your doctor what matters for your care. See the full Medicare profile →

Medicare quality data

What Johnston Health reported to Medicare (CMS), the federal agency that publishes these results for hospitals nationwide. These are averages for many patients, not a prediction for any one person: ask your doctor what matters for your care. In a medical emergency, call 911.

What patients said (patient survey)

What this means: Patients who stayed overnight answered a national survey (HCAHPS) about their stay. More stars mean patients reported a better experience than at other hospitals. The percentages show how often patients gave the best answer, next to the national average.

Summary star rating (all survey topics) 4 of 5 stars
Overall rating of the hospital4 of 5 stars
Would recommend the hospital4 of 5 stars
Nurses communicated well5 of 5 stars
Doctors communicated well4 of 5 stars
Patients got help quickly from staff4 of 5 stars
Staff explained medicines4 of 5 stars
Information about recovery at home4 of 5 stars
Room and bathroom kept clean4 of 5 stars
Restfulness of Environment4 of 5 stars
Care Coordination4 of 5 stars
Symptoms After Stay4 of 5 stars
Rated the hospital 9 or 10 out of 1075%National average: 72%
Would definitely recommend the hospital73%National average: 71%
Nurses “always” communicated well83%National average: 80%
Doctors “always” communicated well80%National average: 80%
“Always” got help as soon as they wanted67%National average: 64%
Staff “always” explained medicines before giving them66%National average: 62%
Were given information about recovery at home90%National average: 86%
Room and bathroom “always” clean78%National average: 73%
Completed surveys2,018Response rate: 21%

Source: Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital — CMS, released October 19, 2026; patients discharged January 2025 to December 2025.

Infections caught in the hospital

What this means: CMS compares the number of infections patients caught in this hospital with the number expected for a hospital like it. The number shown is that ratio: below 1 means fewer infections than expected, above 1 means more. “Better” or “worse” is shown only when the difference is clear in the data.

Central line bloodstream infections (CLABSI)0.283No different from the national benchmark
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI)1.784No different from the national benchmark
Surgical site infections after colon surgery0No different from the national benchmark
MRSA bloodstream infections0.415No different from the national benchmark
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) intestinal infections0.919No different from the national benchmark
Not reported to MedicareSurgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy

Source: Healthcare Associated Infections - Hospital — CMS, released October 19, 2026; data from January 2025 to December 2025.

Complications and deaths

What this means: Death rates are the share of patients who died within 30 days of going into the hospital for that condition, adjusted for how sick they were. PSI-90 combines several serious complications (a lower number is better). “No different from the national rate” is the most common result and means the hospital is in line with hospitals nationwide.

Deaths within 30 days: heart attack patients11.9%
Deaths within 30 days: heart failure patients12.9%
Deaths within 30 days: pneumonia patients15.3%
Deaths within 30 days: COPD patients8.9%
Deaths within 30 days: stroke patients9.2%
Serious complications (patient safety indicator PSI-90)0.76No different from the national rate
Complications after hip or knee replacement3.8%
Not reported to MedicareDeaths within 30 days: coronary bypass surgery (CABG)

Source: Complications and Deaths - Hospital — CMS, released October 20, 2026; data from July 2022 to June 2025.

Return visits to the hospital (readmissions)

What this means: The share of patients who had to be admitted to a hospital again within 30 days after going home, adjusted for how sick they were. A lower percentage is better.

Returned to any hospital within 30 days (all patients)16.6%
Readmitted within 30 days: heart attack13.3%
Readmitted within 30 days: heart failure21.6%
Readmitted within 30 days: pneumonia16.3%
Readmitted within 30 days: COPD20.4%
Readmitted within 30 days: hip or knee replacement5.7%
Too few cases to reportReadmitted within 30 days: coronary bypass surgery

Source: Unplanned Hospital Visits - Hospital — CMS, released October 20, 2026; data from July 2024 to June 2025.

Emergency room times and sepsis care

What this means: ER time is the middle (median) time from arriving at the emergency room to leaving it; busier ERs usually have longer times, so the ER volume is shown too. Leaving before being seen: a lower percentage is better. Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection; a higher percentage means more patients got every recommended early step.

Emergency room volume (patients per year)Very high (60,000 or more)
Average (median) time patients spent in the emergency room before leaving (OP-18b)186 minutesNational average: 162 minutes
Patients who left the emergency room before being seen (OP-22)4%National average: 2%
Sepsis patients who got all the recommended early care (SEP-1)65%National average: 66%

Source: Timely and Effective Care - Hospital — CMS, released October 19, 2026; data from January 2024 to December 2024.

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Medicare payment programs

Medicare (CMS) uses these federal programs to adjust what it pays hospitals, based on quality, safety and cost results. This is a payment to the hospital for Medicare patients, not a price you pay, and not a prediction for any one person. Results for Johnston Health, fiscal year 2026 (October 2025 to September 2026).

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Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program

What this means: Medicare gives each hospital a Total HAC Score built from patient-safety complications and from infections caught in the hospital. The quarter of hospitals with the highest (worst) scores gets a reduction in its Medicare payments. A lower score is better.

CMS says: Hospitals with a Total HAC Score above the 75th percentile of the Total HAC Score distribution will be subject to a 1-percent payment reduction.

Medicare payment reduction, fiscal year 2026NoCMS lists no payment reduction for this hospital.
Total HAC Score0.3447Lower is better. Hospitals above the 75th percentile of all scores get the reduction.

Source: Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) Reduction Program — CMS, released January 26, 2026; patient-safety data from July 2022 to June 2024 and infection data from January 2023 to December 2024.

Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program

What this means: For six conditions, Medicare compares how often this hospital’s patients had to go back into a hospital within 30 days with how often that happens at an average hospital with similar patients. The ratio is that comparison: 1 means as many readmissions as expected, above 1 means more than expected (CMS calls these “excess readmissions”), below 1 means fewer.

CMS says: In October 2012, CMS began reducing Medicare payments for subsection(d) hospitals with excess readmissions under the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP).

Heart attack1.0234More readmissions than expected
Heart failure1.0494More readmissions than expected
Pneumonia0.9825Fewer readmissions than expected
COPD (chronic lung disease)1.0404More readmissions than expected
Hip or knee replacement0.9960Fewer readmissions than expected
No result publishedCoronary bypass surgery (CABG) (not reported, or too few cases)

Source: Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program — CMS, released January 26, 2026; patients discharged July 2021 to June 2024.

Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program

What this means: Medicare scores hospitals in four areas, each from 0 to 100, and combines them into a Total Performance Score from 0 to 100. A higher score means better results on these measures. Medicare uses the score to adjust what it pays the hospital.

CMS says: This program adjusts payments to hospitals under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) based on the quality of care they deliver.

Total Performance Score32.42 out of 100Median of the 2,455 hospitals in the program: 29.50
Clinical outcomes (deaths and complications)6.00 out of 100
Person and community engagement (patient survey)57.00 out of 100
Safety (infections and sepsis care)36.67 out of 100
Efficiency and cost reduction (Medicare spending)30.00 out of 100

Source: Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) - Total Performance Score — CMS, released January 26, 2026, fiscal year 2026. Program description: The Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program — CMS, page last modified September 10, 2024.

Medicare spending per patient (MSPB)

What this means: This compares what Medicare spent on a hospital stay, counting the 3 days before it and the 30 days after, with the national median hospital, after adjusting for the patient’s age and health and for local prices. A ratio of 1.00 is the national median hospital; below 1.00 means Medicare spent less, above 1.00 means more. It measures the cost to Medicare, not the quality of care.

CMS says: The Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary (MSPB) Measure shows whether Medicare spends more, less, or about the same for an episode of care (episode) at a specific hospital compared to all hospitals nationally.

Medicare spending per patient, ratio0.95Below the national median hospital (1.00): Medicare spent less

Source: Medicare Spending Per Beneficiary - Hospital — CMS, released October 19, 2026; data from January 2024 to December 2024.

ER wait times and Medicare ratings nearby

How this hospital compares with others in the area, ranked only by official Medicare (CMS) numbers.

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Prices

We have not been able to read a price file for Johnston Health yet. Every US hospital must publish its standard charges online (federal price transparency rule): look for “price transparency” or “standard charges” on the hospital’s website, or call the hospital and ask for an estimate. In a medical emergency, call 911.

Hospital information

Hospital typeAcute Care Hospital
Address509 Bright Leaf Blvd, Smithfield, NC 27577
CountyJohnston County
StateNorth Carolina
Phone(919) 934‑8171
Emergency servicesYes
OwnershipGovernment - Hospital District or Authority
Medicare overall rating4 of 5 stars
Birthing-friendly designationYes (meets CMS criteria)
CMS Certification Number340090
Name in Medicare recordsJOHNSTON HEALTH
Profile levelMedicare data + hospital website
Name on the hospital’s websiteUNC Health Johnston
Official websiteunchealth.org
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Sources

  1. Hospital General Information — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data updated 2026-10-26, retrieved 2026-11-13
  2. Medicare Care Compare — official Medicare profile of this hospital
  3. U.S. Census Bureau ZIP code areas (Gazetteer) — approximate position (center of the ZIP code area) used for distances

From the hospital’s website

Numbers match the citations above. Checked 2026-11-02.

  1. UNC Health Johnston | UNC Health — unchealth.org
  2. UNC Health Johnston | Smithfield — unchealthjohnston.org
  3. Heart & Vascular Care | Clayton & Smithfield | UNC Health Johnston — unchealthjohnston.org
  4. Surgery | Clayton & Smithfield | UNC Health Johnston — unchealthjohnston.org
  5. Emergency Care | Clayton & Smithfield | UNC Health Johnston — unchealthjohnston.org
  6. Awards & Recognitions | UNC Health Johnston — unchealthjohnston.org
  7. About Us | UNC Health Johnston — unchealthjohnston.org
  8. Patients & Visitors | UNC Health Johnston — unchealthjohnston.org